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Still a long way to go :roll:
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Wow that looks so good! What does the finished piece look like?
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This is what the completed project should look like.
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Thought I would let you have a look at the back too.
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Well done !!Wow how neat!!! I am jealous!!
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Now THAT'S just showing off!! :lol: :lol: Looks wonderful!
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Lol your back looks almost like the front (mine looks like a big tangled mess!)
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Serinde wrote:Now THAT'S just showing off!! :lol: :lol: Looks wonderful!
:lol: :lol: I know, but it feels good to show it to people that understand :D
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Well that's ok, then. Ego stroking our speciality (said in Wallace-like tones)! (It does look brilliant.)
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Oh wow! Your backs are better than my fronts!!! :lol:

It's absolutely beautiful Jilly.
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Post by wendywombat »

That's nice Jilly....... front and back!
Clever girl! :D :D
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very nice! very neat back!
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Post by Rose »

That is going to be beautiful when finished as for the back no one will see mine :(
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That's great (and the back is very good too) 8)
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Post by Angel »

hehe I is going to have to show my back too now you've put all of us messy backers (It's a real word now) to shame >_>

Lovely work though. How do you get your backs so neat?
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I don't carry the thread over very many stitches and try to thread under others when I do, I use a very thin needle, a 28, makes it easy to do.
There are other little things I have discovered over the years but they are hard to describe :D
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Post by Alexanie »

How neat your back is! Lovely work!
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Post by sammy_v »

WOW it fantastic, how have u managed to get ur back so neat to lol mine are all over the place lol.
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I work very slowly as you can see, getting there though :D
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Well I don't call a mountain a small bit :lol:

and the tree is lovely too :D

Great progress :dance:
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